Western Community Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · Wallsend, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.47 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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Western Community Primary School is a primary school in Wallsend, North Tyneside for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 30 April 2024. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Western Community Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | 0.47 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 76% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 15% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2025's last distance offered was 0.47 miles, the 3rd shortest of 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.94 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 58 first-choice applications for 61 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- For Reception 2026, 17 of the 85 applications (20%) came from families living outside North Tyneside, and 15 offers went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Tyneside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Rutland Road, Wallsend, NE28 8QL
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 440 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 30 April 2024
Strengths
- “They benefit from a curriculum that reflects the school’s aim of being ‘adventurous, ambitious and exciting’.”
- “Staff understand pupils’ individual needs well.”
- “Pupils receive high-quality pastoral support.”
To improve
- “However, the quality of the teaching of reading across the school is not reflected in published outcomes for pupils in Year 1 and Year 2.”
- “In some subjects, however, pupils do not recall prior learning as securely as they need to.”
- “In a small number of subjects, however, this work is still at an early stage.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 76% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 58 first-preference applications, 61 offers in total, 57 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Tyneside.
- St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Carville Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Richardson Dees Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Redesdale Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wallsend Jubilee Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Wallsend 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Battle Hill Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published